Seamless rubber glove.



T. W. MILLER. SEAMLESS RUBBER GLOVE.

APPLICATION mu) 1u11E11.1915.

11,11,161 Patented 001. 19, 1915.

WWW 10,00

' face of the finished glove.

rams remiss THQMAS "W. MILLER, 0F ASI'ILAND, OHIU, ASSIGNOR TO THE IEA'UL'ILESS RUBBER-A1 COMPANY, OF ASHLAND, OHIO,A CORPORATION 015 OHIQ.

SEAIVILESS RUBBER GLOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

original application filed September 3, 1914, Serial No. 859,993. Divided and this application filed June 11, 1915. Serial No. 33,505.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at lishland, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seamless Rubber Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to seamless rubber gloves, and is a division of Letters Patent No. 1,146,638, granted July 13, 1915, to the Faultless Rubber Co, of Ashland, Ohio, as the assignee of my entire interest therein.

More specifically my invention relates to the production of a glove of this character having its inner surface, in whole or in part, provided with a lining of textile material, such as stockinet, the latter being somewhat elastic to provide the necessary give in using the article.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is an elevation of an ordinary form used in the manufacture of seamless rubber gloves, a glove being shown formed thereon and partly broken a\vay. Fig. 2 is a similar \iew showing the fabric lining applied to the exterior surface of the glove while on the form, the same being also partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a view of the glove removed from the form and reversed to bring the fabric lining upon the inside, said view be ing partly broken away.

In the said drawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes the ordinary form used in the manufacture of seamless rubber gloves, said gloves being formed in the usual manner by dipping the form into a rubber solution in the usual manner to apply a lurality of coatings of rubber thereto. eretofore it has been the practice to apply at the wrist end of the glove a strip. of material to form a finish, said strip being applied to the exterior of the glove, and when said glove is vulcanized and then stripped from the form, the outer surface of the glove when on the form would constitute the outer sur-' In one of my present processes of manufacturing these gloves, it is my intention to reverse the glove when finished, thus making the inner surface of the glove when on the form the outer surface of the finished glove, and in,

the preliminary forming of the glove upon the form, I first apply to the form a strip of rubber 2, and then proceed with the usual dipping operation, whereby said strip will be positioned upon the interior surface of the glove when on the form, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In this dipping operation the form is dipped into the solution so as to be coated for a short distance above the strip 2 as indicated by the line I-I. When the form has been dipped suflieiently for the desiredthickness of the rubber glove 3, and has been permitted to dry in the usual manner, the surplus on the form beyond the strip 9. is cut away along the line II-II, Fig. ,2. Ihe glove 3 is then vulcanized, while still on the form, and after vulcanization there is applied to its exterior surface a covering of fabric 4, which may be applied by frictioning one surface of the fabric thereby to attach it to the surface of the rubber glove 3. With this fabric so applied, the glove is then stripped from the form, and in the act of stripping necessarily is reversed, bringing the fabric l upon the inside thereof and the finishing strip 2 upon the outside, as shown in Fig. 3. This. produces as a finished article a seamless rubber glove having its interior surface provided with a lining of more or less elastic fabric, such as stockinet, and having its wrist portion at its end provided with a finishing strip in the usual manner.

While I have shown and described the glove as provided with a lining of fabric 4 throughout its entire area, it will be understood that portions only of the glove may be so lined. For instance, the wrist ortion may be lined and the fingers and thumb at the crotch provided with lining pieces, or the tips of the fingers and thumb may also be so lined. In fact I do not wish to limit myself in any particular as to the areaof lining may extend over the entire surface or any part thereof.

The finishing strip 2 may be applied in the shape of a strip of rubber to the form 1, or may be in the shape of a. strip of india ink stamped upon the Wrist of the form 1, which india ink would adhere tothe rubber in the process of dipping, and being of a contrasting color would form a finishing strip for the completed article. Or said strip may be applied to the form 1 by the well known transfer process. In using .95 the interior surface to be lined, as said either the india ink or the transfer process for forming this finishing strip, the glove when finished will not be reinforced at its wrist end, as will be the case when a strip of rubber is used, the finishlng strip in the case of the india ink or transfer being, of

I limit myself to the application of the.

fabric to the glove While on the form 1, as

the same may be applied after its removal therefrom, or after renewal, reversal and mounting upon another form.

I am aware that it is not new to dip a glove formed of textile fabric into a rubber solution for the purpose of coating or im pregnating said glove with rubber, and am also aware that it is not new to embed in the fingers of dipped rubber gloves pieces of silk or other non-elastic material. My invention differs from these articles in that it provides a seamless rubber glove provided with a lining of textile fabric, said fabric being exposed on its inner surface.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A seamless rubber glove provided on its interior surface with a lining of exposed elastic textile fabric, and an intermediate layer of adhesive material.

2. A seamless rubber glove provided on its interior surface with an exposed lining of textile fabric, and an intermediate layer of adhesive material.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set- 

